Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 on Wednesday was a spectacle of devotion, spirituality, and cultural pride. As the PM took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam, the ...

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A vermilion dot on the forehead is one of India’s most widely accepted Hindu cultural insignias. At the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

One of the most famous and easy-to-remember symbols is undoubtedly the ‘OM’, or sometimes written as ‘AUM’. OM is said to be the sound that emanated when the Universe took its first breath ...

The Shahi Snan, the sacred royal bath ... As India continues to modernize, the Kumbh Mela remains a powerful symbol of unity, devotion, and the enduring spirit of the Indian people.

In Hindu culture, the swastika is a sacred symbol of positivity and used extensively in religious ceremonies, festivals and daily life, often displayed to invoke blessings and protection ...

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They know people cannot live in the world of abstraction. They know we need our sacred symbols. They know we need sacred places — places where, in the words of the ancient sages, heaven and ...

That's what many Bay Area high school basketball fans are saying about tonight's renewel of the Bruce-Mahoney hoop doubleheader between arch San Francisco rivals Sacred Heart Cathedral and St ...

The Kumbh Mela, a spiritual gathering held every 12 years at sacred river confluences in India, symbolizes the union of human and cosmic energies. Rooted in ancient traditions and celestial ...

2025 [Ashwini Bhatia/AP] Published On 13 Jan 202513 Jan 2025 Tens of thousands of Hindus seeking absolution of their sins are immersing themselves in freezing waters at the convergence of sacred ...